For what it's worth - after 20 some odd years with balls I started branching out to other pythons and got myself a couple of dwarf/super dwarfs retics last year - a Jamp from Travis Kubes and the Super from Reeds Retics.

Comparatively they were much more difficult animals to work with - the most aggressive pissed off ball did not hold a candle to these guys. As babies they were cage aggressive, flighty, biters - oh and they crap all over you every time you picked them up. But with patience and handling they have become a wonderful pair.